Pakistan Import Data of Marble Slabs — Verified Bill of Lading Records (April-May 2020)

Comprehensive Pakistan marble slabs import dataset containing 10 verified bill of lading (B/L) records from 13 April 2020 to 13 May 2020 — covering eight Pakistani marble and granite importing companies in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad sourcing polished and unpolished marble slabs, artificial marble slabs and granite slabs from suppliers in China (Xiamen, Shanghai), Italy (La Spezia), Spain (Valencia), Vietnam (Haiphong) and via UAE (Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi) and India (Mundra) transhipment hubs. Pakistan customs data and bill of lading data together let you reach Pakistani marble buyers directly — every shipment record exposes the buyer name, full address (with NTN tax number), seller name, vessel, port of shipment, gross weight, packaging and HS code, enabling precise B2B prospecting across the Pakistani stone sector.

Page: PNUM8638 · Country: Pakistan 🇵🇰 · Language: English · Period: 13 April 2020 — 13 May 2020 · HS Codes: 6802.2300 (granite slabs), 6802.2100 (marble slabs) · Sector: Marble & Granite Slab Imports · 10 Bill of Lading Records · 8 Buyers · 8 Sellers · Source: TurkExim Bill of Lading Database + Pakistan Customs Data

• Pakistan Marble & Granite Sector Context
• Why Customs Data + Bill of Lading Data Reach Pakistani Buyers
• Complete B/L Records Table — 10 Shipments (April-May 2020)
• Pakistani Buyer Profiles (8 Companies)
• Seller Profiles — China, Italy, Spain, Vietnam, UAE
• HS Code Classification — 6802.2300 vs 6802.2100
• Ports, Vessels & Logistics Routes
• Pakistan Marble Market Size & Construction Demand
• How to Use This Data for B2B Prospecting
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Get the Full Pakistan Marble Import Dataset

1. Pakistan Marble & Granite Sector Context

Pakistan is one of the world's largest natural-stone producing countries — the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces alone hold massive reserves of marble (Mula marble, Ziarat white, Bampokha golden, Chitral white), granite (Bolan grey, Lasbela black), onyx and travertine. Yet despite its domestic reserves, Pakistan is also a major importer of finished marble and granite slabs — primarily of polished marble slabs from Italy and Spain, artificial / engineered marble from China, unpolished granite slabs from China, and bulk marble blocks for re-processing from Vietnam and the UAE.

The drivers of Pakistani marble slab imports are:

• Construction boom — Pakistan's construction sector grew at ~5-7% per year through the late 2010s, fuelled by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure program and a large housing deficit (~10 million units).
• Real estate development in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi — DHA (Defence Housing Authority), Bahria Town, DHA City, Capital Smart City and similar mega-developments are huge consumers of imported marble for flooring, façades, kitchens and bathrooms.
• Premium residential & hospitality demand — Italian and Spanish marble (Carrara, Calacatta, Crema Marfil) carry status value and are specified by architects for villas, hotels and showrooms.
• Engineered stone market — Chinese artificial / engineered marble slabs (quartz and resin-bound) are competitive substitutes for natural marble at lower price points, used for kitchen counter-tops, vanity tops and wall cladding.
• Re-export potential — some Karachi importers process imported blocks/slabs and re-export finished tiles to Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Gulf.

Because Pakistani marble buyers are concentrated in just four cities — Karachi (the port city and largest commercial hub), Lahore (Punjab provincial capital, the largest consumer market), Rawalpindi (twin city to Islamabad, KPK gateway) and Islamabad (the federal capital) — a small, well-targeted dataset of real bill of lading records is enough to identify the active importers and start prospecting.

2. Why Customs Data + Bill of Lading Data Reach Pakistani Buyers

Pakistan customs data and bill of lading (B/L) data are the two complementary trade-intelligence sources that, used together, give you direct access to active Pakistani marble & granite buyers. They are not the same thing — each contributes different fields:

• Pakistan customs data (IGM — Import General Manifest) — filed at Karachi Port (KPT), Port Qasim (QICT/PQA), Islamabad Airport (ISB) or Lahore Airport (LHE) — gives you the importer's NTN (National Tax Number), the HS code as declared in Pakistan, the assessed customs value in PKR/USD, the customs duty paid, and the date of filing of the Goods Declaration (GD).
• Bill of lading data — published by the shipping line, the freight forwarder, and syndicated commercial intelligence providers (Panjiva, ImportGenius, TradeData, TurkExim, Datamyne) — gives you the seller/shipper name and address, the port of loading, the vessel name and voyage, the container number, gross weight and packaging, the consignee name and address, the notify party, and the commercial description of the goods.

Combining the two lets you:

1. Identify the buyer — the consignee field on the B/L is the Pakistani importing company (e.g. Progressive Marble Industry, Capital Marble & Granite, Stone World, Cretesol Pvt Ltd).
2. Locate the buyer — the B/L includes the full delivery address (Plot #, sector, industrial area, city). Together with the NTN you can verify the company's registered address on the FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) portal.
3. Quantify the buyer's purchasing pattern — by aggregating all B/Ls for the same consignee over a year, you see how many shipments, how much tonnage, which suppliers, which ports, which HS codes — i.e. the buyer's annual marble import volume and supplier mix.
4. Reverse-engineer the supplier — knowing the shipper (e.g. ABC Marmi SRLS of La Spezia, or OUYI International of Xiamen) tells you which origin the Pakistani buyer has already approved, so a competing supplier from the same origin can pitch with confidence.
5. Time your outreach — every B/L carries an IGM date; contact the buyer 30-60 days after a shipment to catch them at re-order lead time.

The 10 records presented in Section 3 are real, dated B/L records that allow you to do exactly this. The buyers below are reachable — they have addresses, NTNs, vessels and ports on record.

3. Complete B/L Records Table — 10 Shipments (April-May 2020)

The full bill of lading dataset for the period 13 April 2020 — 13 May 2020 is shown below. Each row is a separate shipment. The IGM Date is the date the Import General Manifest was filed at the Pakistani port of discharge. The Departure Port is the original loading port; the Port of Shipment column shows the immediate transhipment / loading port for the leg into Pakistan. Gross Weight is in metric tonnes.

Source: TurkExim Bill of Lading Database — Pakistan Customs IGM records (April-May 2020). CY/CY = Container Yard to Container Yard. STC = Said To Contain. NTN = National Tax Number (FBR Pakistan). HS codes per Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) aligned to Harmonized System 2017.

4. Pakistani Buyer Profiles (8 Companies)

The 10 B/L records cover 8 distinct Pakistani marble and granite importing companies, distributed across 4 cities. Below, each buyer is profiled in a 2-column CSS firm-card layout. The cards include the buyer name, full address, NTN (where shown on the B/L), city, and the shipments received in the dataset period.

5. Seller Profiles — China, Italy, Spain, Vietnam, UAE

The 10 B/L records expose 8 distinct seller / shipper entities across 5 origin countries. For each seller we list the city, the shipments in the dataset, the Pakistani buyer(s), and the product mix. This is the reverse-engineering side of the dataset — useful for competing suppliers, freight forwarders and trade analysts.

6. HS Code Classification — 6802.2300 vs 6802.2100

Both HS codes used in this dataset fall under Harmonized System Heading 6802 — "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder". This heading covers marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone, as well as granite, in worked form (simply cut/sawn or further processed — polished, honed, calibrated).

The 8 remaining shipments in the dataset (records #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9) carry descriptive phrases ("marble slabs", "polished marble slabs", "artificial marble slabs", "STC marble slabs") but the B/L description does not explicitly cite the 6-digit HS subheading. Under Pakistani customs classification these would default to either 6802.21 (marble) or — for the artificial / engineered marble slabs — to HS 6810.99 (artificial stone articles) or HS 3407.10 (modelling pastes) depending on the binder composition. B/L descriptions alone are insufficient for tariff classification; the Pakistan Customs WeBOC system would re-classify on assessment.

7. Ports, Vessels & Logistics Routes

The 10 shipments use 6 distinct vessels operated by 5 shipping lines / agencies, and route through 3 transhipment hubs (Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Mundra) before final discharge at Karachi Port (KPT) or Port Qasim (QICT).

Key observation: 5 of 10 shipments tranship via Jebel Ali (UAE). This confirms the UAE's role as the primary maritime logistics hub for Pakistan-bound stone cargoes — and explains why so many Pakistani B/Ls list "Jebel Ali" as the immediate departure port even when the cargo originated in China, Italy or Spain. MSC handles 3 of the 10 shipments (SABRINA twice + HEIDI once) — making MSC the dominant container line for Pakistani marble imports in this dataset, followed by Oceansea Shipping (CSL SOPHIE) and Hapag-Lloyd / UASC (BERLIN EXPRESS).

8. Pakistan Marble Market Size & Construction Demand

Pakistan's construction sector was valued at approximately PKR 1.2 trillion (~USD 7.5 billion) in 2020, contributing ~2.5% to GDP and employing ~7-8% of the labour force. The marble and granite sector — including both domestic quarrying and imports — was estimated at ~USD 350-450 million per year, of which imports of finished marble & granite slabs accounted for roughly USD 70-90 million annually in the 2018-2020 period.

The key import volumes in 2019-2020 (HS 6802 — worked monumental/building stone) by category:

• Marble slabs (HS 6802.21): ~USD 30-40 million / year — sourced mainly from Italy, Spain, Turkey, China.
• Granite slabs (HS 6802.23): ~USD 20-25 million / year — sourced mainly from China, India, South Africa, Brazil.
• Other worked stone (HS 6802.29): ~USD 8-12 million / year — onyx, travertine, serpentine.
• Artificial stone articles (HS 6810.99): ~USD 10-15 million / year — engineered marble/quartz slabs, mostly from China.

The 10 B/L records in this dataset cover a 5-week window (13 April — 13 May 2020) — i.e. ~0.4% of the calendar year. Scaling up naively, the dataset implies an annual run-rate of ~250-300 shipments / year of similar consignments entering Pakistan via the same port-pairings, equating to roughly 6,000-7,500 MT of marble & granite slabs per year entering Pakistan through the Karachi port complex from the same supplier base. That is roughly consistent with the official Pakistani import statistics for HS 6802 in 2019-2020.

Construction demand drivers specific to marble and granite slabs in Pakistan include: (1) CPEC-funded infrastructure (road, rail, energy projects — Gwadar Port, Special Economic Zones); (2) Bahria Town, DHA City Karachi, Capital Smart City, Eighteen Islamabad — large-scale private housing developments specifying imported marble for common areas; (3) the hospitality pipeline — Pearl Continental, Serena, Marriott, Nishat Hotel, Avari expansions; (4) the federal Islamabad Master Plan refurbishment; (5) Taliban/Afghanistan re-export trade — Pakistani stone processors re-export to Kabul and beyond.

9. How to Use This Data for B2B Prospecting

Whether you are a competing marble supplier, a freight forwarder, a trade-finance officer, a customs broker or an investment analyst, the dataset above gives you a 5-step prospecting workflow:

1. Identify the buyer — pick a buyer from the 8 profiles in Section 4. Each buyer is real and the address is the physical showroom / factory address from the B/L.
2. Verify the NTN on the FBR portal — the Federal Board of Revenue's active taxpayer list (ATL) is publicly searchable by NTN. Type the NTN from the B/L (e.g. 1450899-7 for Capital Marble & Granite, 1782457-7 for S Waseem Stones, 1011542-7 for Reliance Traders) into the FBR ATL search to confirm the buyer is a registered, active taxpayer.
3. Quantify the buyer's annual import volume — pull a full year of B/L records for the same consignee name to see how many shipments, total tonnage, supplier mix, port mix and HS mix they actually received.
4. Identify the decision-maker — for each buyer address, the company's SECP (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan) filing lists the directors; cross-reference with LinkedIn Pakistan for the procurement manager or owner.
5. Time the outreach — contact 30-60 days after the IGM date on the most recent shipment, when the buyer is preparing the next order cycle. Lead with a comparable offer to the supplier they already use (same origin / same HS / similar pricing).

For freight forwarders, the same workflow applies in reverse — identify the shipping lane (e.g. Xiamen → Karachi via Jebel Ali, MSC SABRINA), find the Pakistani consignee, and pitch your own lower-cost or faster-transit alternative route on the same lane.

10. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q1. What is the source of the 10 bill of lading records?

The records are sourced from the TurkExim Pakistan customs IGM database, which collects daily Import General Manifest filings at Karachi Port (KPT) and Port Qasim (QICT), cross-referenced with bill of lading data published by shipping lines (MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, X-Press Feeders, Oceansea, United Marine Agencies) and syndicated commercial trade intelligence providers. Each record includes the IGM date, seller/shipper name and address, buyer/consignee name and address, NTN where declared, item description, port of shipment, gross weight, packaging, vessel and carrier, and departure port.

Q2. How can customs data and B/L data be used to reach Pakistani buyers?

Customs data (the IGM filed at Karachi/Port Qasim) gives you the importer's NTN, declared HS code and assessed customs value. Bill of lading data adds the seller name and address, vessel, port of loading, gross weight and packaging. Combining the two, you can: (a) identify each Pakistani importing company by name; (b) locate their physical address; (c) verify them on the FBR active taxpayer list by NTN; (d) see exactly which suppliers they already buy from and how often; (e) contact them 30-60 days after their latest shipment to catch the next re-order cycle.

Q3. What HS codes are covered?

Two HS codes are explicitly declared in the B/L item descriptions: 6802.2300 (worked granite — simply cut or sawn) on shipment #4 (Al Majeed Marble & Granite, Rawalpindi, 355 pieces unpolished granite slabs); and 6802.2100 (worked marble — simply cut or sawn) on shipment #10 (Cretesol Pvt Ltd, Islamabad, polished marble slabs from Spain). The remaining 8 shipments are described as "marble slabs", "polished marble slabs" or "artificial marble slabs" without explicit HS citation and would be classified by Pakistan Customs WeBOC under 6802.21 (natural) or 6810.99 (artificial) depending on binder composition.

Q4. Which Pakistani cities are covered?

Four cities: Karachi (3 buyers — Progressive Marble Industry, Asif and Company, Stone World); Lahore (3 buyers — Capital Marble & Granite, S Waseem Stones, Reliance Traders International); Rawalpindi (1 buyer — Al Majeed Marble & Granite); Islamabad (1 buyer — Cretesol Pvt Ltd). Together these four cities account for the overwhelming majority of Pakistan's marble & granite import trade.

Q5. Which countries supplied the marble & granite slabs?

Five origin countries: China (5 shipments — OUYI International, Huakai Industry, Farmy Stone, Xiamen Longtops Trading — all loading from Xiamen or Shanghai); Italy (2 shipments — ABC Marmi SRLS of Massa, Tuscany, loading from La Spezia); UAE (1 shipment — RANO Fashion LLC of Dubai, transhipment via Jebel Ali); Vietnam (1 shipment — Gold Success Vietnam, loading from Haiphong); and Spain (1 shipment — Marmoles Hnos Jimenez S.L. of Novelda/Alicante, loading from Valencia).

Q6. What is the total tonnage covered by the dataset?

The 10 shipments total 254.992 metric tonnes gross weight, with an average shipment size of 25.5 MT. The largest single shipment is #4 (Al Majeed Marble & Granite, 28.000 MT, 355 pieces of unpolished granite slabs). The smallest is #1 (Progressive Marble Industry, 21.828 MT — but this shipment is explicitly marked "marble samples without commercial value").

Q7. What is the most common transhipment route?

Jebel Ali (UAE) transhipment dominates — 5 of 10 shipments route through Jebel Ali. Abu Dhabi transhipment is used for 2 shipments (both on MSC SABRINA from Xiamen). Mundra (India) is the transhipment for shipment #4 (Xiamen granite → Mundra → Karachi on CARL SCHULTE). Two shipments (#1 from Jebel Ali direct and #8 from Haiphong direct) do not show a separate transhipment leg.

Q8. Can I get the full Excel dataset of all Pakistani marble B/L records?

Yes — TurkExim compiles the complete Pakistan customs bill of lading dataset for marble & granite slabs (HS 6802.21, 6802.23 and 6810.99) on a paid subscription basis. The full dataset includes thousands of records per year, with monthly updates. See the CTA below for purchase details — reach out via WhatsApp +90 501 037 37 64 or visit ihracat uzmanı for more information.

Get the Full Pakistan Marble Import Dataset

The 10 bill of lading records on this page are a sample from the complete Pakistan Marble & Granite Slabs Import Dataset maintained by TurkExim. The full Excel dataset contains thousands of records per year, covering every Pakistani importer of HS 6802.21, 6802.23, 6810.99 and 2515/2516 marble blocks — with full buyer names, addresses, NTNs, supplier names, vessels, ports, gross weights, packaging, HS codes, IGM dates and declared values. Updated monthly. Available as Excel (.xlsx) or CSV.

What you receive: (1) Excel workbook with all B/L records sorted by IGM date; (2) separate sheet with the Pakistani buyer directory (name, address, NTN, city, phone where available); (3) separate sheet with the seller/shipper directory by country; (4) separate sheet with vessel & route analytics. Sample available on request. Custom HS code combinations and longer time ranges (2018-2024) supported.

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